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  1. Bull
    Title should say that Samardzija negotiated bullpen spot in 2007.
  2. Bull
    I don't know if anyone has mentioned it yet, but Silva was offered the opportunity to go to Iowa. Apparently he declined.
  3. Bull
    Fair weather fans?? Being a Cubs fan is like living in Seattle. You don't do it if you're only in it for the fair weather.
  4. Bull
    Giants had Lincecum and maybe Cain and they won it last year. Nobody really on the cusp. Who did the Padres have last year? Heath Bell, and nobody on the cusp. I don't think it's a requirement to have multiple guys in the top 100. Yeah, that's what I was leaning towards. Having 3 top 100 guys is pretty damn good, and having more than that is pretty damn great. Wouldn't three have to be average? or rather 3.3? Take out the outliers (yankees with 9 and astros with 0) and you still have an average of 3.25.
  5. Bull
    I see what you did there I was hoping someone would notice. :)
  6. Bull
    Well, I don't think anyone thinks Castro is going to be a 30+ HR guy like those two. As to your question, hitting 31 doubles in 500 PA's in the big leagues at age 20, along with his swing and body type are pretty good indicators that he's going to hit more HR as he develops. I think you and I are on the same page, but I seem to get the impression (maybe falsely) that people DO think he's going to consistently hit 30 hrs a year.
  7. Bull
    What is it that has everyone convinced that power will be a bigger part of Castro's game? Just his build and the fact that he hasn't matured yet? People keep wanting to compare him to Griffey and A-rod, but those guys were hitting 15-20 hrs a year in the minors at the same age Starlin was hitting 3.
  8. Bull
    he's a head of most in that category.
  9. Bull
    Then you're making the contract more expensive ...which makes it more appealing to Pujols. I would do something like this: 10 years, 280M 30 30 30 30 30 27 24 21 18 15 Plus deferred payments of $5m/yr for 5 additional years to bring it up to the $280M. The frontloading and the deferments somewhat cancel each other. The NPV of the deal is $238.1M @ 3%, versus $238.9 for 10 equal annual payments of $28M each. If he'd agree to make the last year or two mutual options, all the better. Do we still operate under the assumption that payrolls will continue to rise? Do we also still operate under the assumption that a dollar today has more value than a dollar in 10 years? If so, you don't have to frontload to frontload.
  10. Bull
    Sounds like that street behind fenway that is always closed during games. At least I think its always...both times I was there it was Yankees - Red Sox.
  11. Bull
    only because I spent so much time perfecting my rockin' subject title.
  12. Bull
    wow
  13. Bull
    only the Cubs! baseball players should not be allowed to have names that start with a "C". I spent almost a full minute trying to figure out why Pena was playing catcher.
  14. Bull
    By minor leaguers.
  15. Bull
    Moises Alou. He was a player who exemplified the Dusty victim attitude. I irrationally hate him as much as, if not more than Dusty. How awesome is it that there's an Alou reference and a peeing in strange places reference in the same thread and they are relatively unrelated?!
  16. Bull
    Beside the fact that it ends speculation, it allows them to plan pitchers' outings accordingly during the cactus league schedule.
  17. Bull
    I guess this means a big addition at the trade deadline. Muskat
  18. Bull
    too late for that. I'm just hoping he can contribute at this point.
  19. Bull
    Horrible, should've traded him the to rays. There goes money for Pujols to be sent into another guaranteed injury. Never ever sign relievers to contracts longer than 1 year. Hendry needs to go. Please TT I'll sign the petition.
  20. Bull
    We do, but that picture doesn't piss me off. It just makes me sigh wistfully. It just reminds me that the Giants and Phillies could turn into, well, us, within four months. Not without Dusty they can't.
  21. Bull
    It won't be a disappointing year. Our expectations are too low to be disappointed.
  22. Bull
    Sounds like an NRI.
  23. Bull
    This is it. There's no one on this team that is outstanding. Z and Soriano have had flashes of being able to "carry a team". With Sori, those only come in stretches and he can't do it over the course of the season. The biggest question mark is Zambrano. He's going to be good, and those that think he's "done" are nuts, but I do question whether he has enough in the tank to be the dominant stopper we've seen in the past. Beyond that, there's no real force on this team, just a great group of complementary players. Hopefully several of them will be a notch better and that will be enough.
  24. Bull
    Theriot, is that you? Um...no. But I don't hate Theriot for the things he said. He needed to "prove" himself to the common (get a brain morans) cardinals fan. My hate toward Theriot is for many other reasons.
  25. Bull
    Better to be the guy that follows the guy that follows "the guy" than the guy that follows "the guy".
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